Twenty-Four Seconds From Now Summary
Jason Reynolds

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now Overview

In Jason Reynolds' young adult novel Twenty-four Seconds from Now, 17-year-old Neon Benton is nervous about having sex with his girlfriend Aria Wright for the first time. Just before the encounter, Neon races to the bathroom, terrified that he will do something wrong. To calm down, he stares at himself in the mirror while mentally reviewing everything he has experienced in recent months. His reflections inspire the novel's explorations of intimacy, expectation, and memory. The novel is written from Neon's first-person point of view.